Barrick Completes Partial Divestment of African Barrick Gold plc Holding - Seite 2

UBS Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc (which conducts its UK investment banking business under the name J.P. Morgan Cazenove) and RBC Europe Limited acted as Joint Bookrunners in relation to the Placing (the "Joint Bookrunners").

Enquiries:

UBS Limited, Ted Larkin, Simon Lyons, Tel: [phone]

J.P. Morgan Cazenove, Greg Chamberlain, Ben Davies, Tel: [phone]

RBC Europe Limited, Jonathan Stephens, Stephen Foss, Tel: [phone]

Important Notice:

This announcement is for information purposes only and shall not constitute or form part of an offer to buy, sell, issue, acquire or subscribe for, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, sell, issue, acquire or subscribe for, any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

In particular, the securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered, sold or transferred, directly or indirectly, within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. No public offering of the securities referred to herein is being made in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa or any other jurisdiction.

The distribution of this announcement and the Placing of the Placing Shares as set out in this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been taken that would permit an offering of such shares or possession or distribution of this announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to such shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required to inform themselves about, and to observe, such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.